Dr. Makishima holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering, Shinshu University. He previously served as Head of the R&D Division and General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department at Toshiba Corporation and B Food Science. Currently, he is a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, specializing in functional materials and reaction process analysis. Through joint industry-academia-government research, he successfully developed the world’s first continuous hydrothermal reactor with a liquid-tight subcritical control function. To implement upcycling businesses created by combining hydrothermal and enzymatic technologies, he is preparing to found AMAX Biotech Co., Ltd. under the IJIE-GAP Fund Program (Step 2).
Satoshi Makishima
Professor, Shinshu University